Life Lately

 

Throughout the past year, there have been several developments in our family. Richard underwent knee replacement surgery on both knees, which has alleviated his quilting-related discomfort. Julia, our youngest daughter, is beginning 8th grade soon. Our only granddaughter, Bella, recently turned six.   

Mini Vacation - Capitol Reef

Richard took off Friday from work and we went and visited Capitol Reef National Park. We took the younger two kids.The older two had work.

Here are some of the petroglyphs or rock art.

It was beautiful to visit, but would be better in cooler weather. 

One of several deer we say. We saw a deer standing on hind legs and eating some apricots. We missed getting picture though.

It was close to 100 degrees, so we did a very short (under 1/4 mile walk). Although too hot for Tanya, she still ended up with mild heat exhaustion, even with a cooling vest and plenty of water. 

Julia walking next to "tall mountains" her words.

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 A cactus in bloom.

Jared walking.

Some pretty yellow wild flowers.

We drove over Boulder Mountain on way to family reunion.  It was at least 20 degrees cooler, but it didn't last very long.